“Shaw Tracking’s Mobile Computing Platform has allowed us to monitor driver speeding and improve our route optimization. It was also the most cost effective and efficient way of communicating with our drivers, especially when it comes to sending instructions and customer location information. We are impressed with the results that we have seen so far.”
Shaw Tracking Customer Testimonials
We're proud to help our customers in the transportation and mobile workforce industries improve their bottom line. Read what our clients have to say about Shaw Tracking, and how our products and services have helped them manage fleets and reduce costs.
Jamie Nicholson, Transportation Manager, Coastal Wood Treating Ltd.
“We conducted a two month competitive evaluation and in the end it was Shaw Tracking’s Mobile Computing Platform that met all our criteria. We required satellite coverage we could rely on. We must meet the “work alone” legislation and have two-way communications with our drivers at all times. We were also interested in LSD mapping, automated hours of service and the inexpensive confidential in-cab personal email Shaw Tracking was able to provide.”
Stephen Clark, Vice President, Formula Powell L.P.
"We continue to be impressed with the technology that Shaw Tracking has provided. We will be able to implement Automated Hours of Service in our entire fleet without having to purchase any new hardware. For Challenger, with 1,500 vehicles, there are huge advantages associated with this kind of transition including obvious hardware cost savings as well as the convenience of not having to physically route all our vehicles into a terminal in order to upgrade the hardware.”
Enno Jakobson, Executive Vice President, Challenger Motor Freight
"Shaw Tracking's Performance Monitoring has helped us reduce our fuel cost by 12-15%; it also helped us benchmark our drivers as a means of paying incentives. With the ability to monitor our drivers' idle time, speeds and overrevs, we're able to add incentives to our drivers who perform better, which works as a great retention tool. The savings achieved during the first year justified our purchase cost of the entire system and allowed us to see a payback in two years,"
Paul Eassons, President, Eassons Transportation Ltd. Truckload / Less Than Truckload
“After investigating other solutions we came to the realization that Shaw Tracking’s Shaw Tracker product would be able to provide us with all the data that we wanted, including detailed information on how our drivers are driving. We have been able to isolate issues, such as speeding and then proactively deal with them. We are already seeing a reduction in our fuel costs.”
Paul Wurz, Zach’s Oilfield Services Ltd.
"Like most fleets our size we use to manually enter our fuel and mileage tax data for IFTA reporting. Since implementing Shaw Tracking's automated fuel and mileage tax reporting system we have eliminated 1.5 days a week of data entry. That is an enormous resource for us to be able to allocate elsewhere. The system will track down errors so the information we are submitting is much more accurate. It's a relief that audits are no longer our problem."
Bill Keith, President, Seafood Express Truckload / Less Than Truckload
"Having the knowledge of the exact location of our drivers and vehicles is extremely powerful. It gives dispatch the ability to make educated real-time decisions that help our bottom line. We anticipate seeing greater benefits in the next generation product. With new features to make improvements to the driver’s quality of life, like text-to-speech and in-cab navigation this is truly a remarkable system.”
Paul Geiger, President, Darcol International
“We continue to make the investment in trailer tracking to meet our long term business goals. We have seen improvements in several operational areas since implementing in 2008 and continue to equip our trailers with T2. In total we will have over 1,000 trailers equipped with trailer tracking. With the activation of emergency trailer tracking we have been able to recover several stolen trailers. In one particular situation we were able to recover the full load as well as a brand new trailer.”
Brent Fowler, Vice President Administration, SLH Transport Inc.
"In the oilfield, safety is key in the workplace. We now have real-time satellite communications and tracking with our drivers and this gives us the ability to manage what they are doing no matter where they are. What impressed us most was the ease of use and how quickly our drivers realized the benefit of the Mobile Computing Platform, along with the 24/7 customer support."
Ian McKinley, Vice President, Winalta Transport Ltd.
"We are extremely excited to be using the new mobile computing platform. Our drivers are impressed with text-to-speech functionality. Drivers can keep their eyes on the road and hands of the wheel that allows for increased safety. We purchased mobile computing platform units based on driver benefits today as well as its future capabilities to use as an enhanced platform.”
John Erik Albrechtsen, Manager, Operations, Paul’s Hauling Group
"We are committed to providing our company with the technology that enables the organization to maintain the flexibility and cost advantages required within such a competitive and complex transportation environment. Navigation saves us money and improves the drivers’ experience across our fleet."
Dave Belley, President, Hyndman Transport Truckload / Less Than Truckload
"Tandet Management Inc. was excited to find a solution that would enable full compliance with strict HOS regulations while improving operational efficiency within our organization. Shaw Tracking’s HOS application through MCP100 provides real-time visibility into our drivers’ current driving status and available hours, allowing our dispatchers to better pre-plan future stops and driver schedules while maximizing daily truck miles. We have had positive driver feedback and acceptance—the system is user-friendly and enhances the in-cab experience by eliminating manual driver logs. With the HOS solution, our drivers have been able to benefit from 30-60 minutes more drive time per week. Not only does the HOS application allow us to ensure the highest level of regulatory compliance and efficiency across our fleet, but our associated administrative overhead was reduced by over 0/year/driver while substantially improving oversight"
Corey Cox, Director, Information Management Systems, Tandet Management Inc. Truckload / Less Than Truckload
"We have been a Shaw Tracking customer for over 10 years and have watched the development and progress of the mobile computing platform with interest as it related to the ability to provide a navigation tool to our drivers. Given the complexities and challenges of our business model with some of our unique routing requirements combined with the uncontrollable rise in fuel costs, the ability to save miles in the routing process and give drivers point instructions related to specific routes is paramount to the success of the company. Navigation provides our company with the business tools we require to drive out costs, increase safety and meet customers’ expectations."
Paul Geiger, President, Darcol International Inc. Truckload / Less Than Truckload
TKO Transportation Inc. operates a temperature controlled, and dry van fleet in Ontario. We equipped our fleet with in cab communication 17 years ago to provide a safe environment for our drivers and more detailed information for our customers. This investment strengthened our bottom line through increased efficiencies and decision making. We have transitioned to Shaw’s new generation platform; we now operate On Board Navigational tools and the Enhanced Fuel Program providing our team with an even stronger return on our investment. Shaw’s MCP platform allows our drivers to be more independent and provides them with an overall better driver experience.
Ken Olsen President & founder TKO
"We have been using the Mobile Computing Platform on our LTL trucks for years, and now we have implemented Shaw Tracker in our city vehicles. We were able to replace our tachograph system with Shaw Tracker and we now have access to better data. Since adopting Shaw Tracker it has been much easier to pinpoint where our trucks are in our city fleet. Shaw Tracker has also allowed us to improve our drivers’ daily efficiency and taken a task away from them. Having the ability to print out the reports and compare them to driver productivity sheets is also a huge advantage for us.”
John McKevitt, President, McKevitt Trucking Ltd.
“We operate out of Winnipeg and our drivers are constantly travelling to isolated areas. During the winter months our drivers are out driving across the ice: from a safety perspective, we needed a reliable form of communication. The primary reason we invested in satellite technology was because there is no other product that we could rely on to give us the tracking and communication we needed. Our drivers used cell phones previously but we experienced blackout areas and there was no form of tracking available.”
Larry Penner, President, L.P. Enterprises
“As a national supplier of printing, imaging, graphic arts, packaging and maintenance supplies and equipment, our focus at Unisource is to design single-source just-in-time supply programs that increase productivity and lower costs, with the ultimate goal of improving profitability for our customers. Some of the areas where Unisource expects to see an important payback with the Shaw Mobile technology are driver safety, fuel savings, tracking and tracing orders and reduced communication costs.”
“The ease of use offered through the versatile search capability to track and trace orders will reduce the effort for our dispatchers and customer service professionals as well as provide faster information to our customers.”
Raymond Kung, Vice President, Logistics, Unisource
"The Performance Monitoring application improves communication between dispatch and our drivers. Extensive dashboards provided by the Fuel Manager module allow us to monitor vehicle and driver performance, making our drivers more aware of the operational costs of our trucks and contributing to the overall efficiency of the business. With a driver incentive program in place, Fuel Manager also now helps to increase our drivers’ incentives to reach targeted goals.”
Steve Hibbert, Owner, SM Freight Inc.
"We had a fundamental requirement to increase our asset visibility. Due to the ever rising operating costs we want to ensure that we are utilizing our assets as efficiently as possible. With T2 (Trailer TRACS™) we are expecting to increase our trailer utilization by 15%. Our ultimate goal is to do more with what we have,"
Marcus Pryce-Jones, President, Concord Transportation Inc. Truckload / Less Than Truckload
